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The Forty Fifth Republic - Can I get a hair appointment before the summer term starts?

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StaffRepFeistyClub · 06/04/2021 23:13

You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. It is meant for school staff only – a sort of room of requirement. Baiters, haters, goaders, and bashers can jog on somewhere else.

If you are NOT staff and just have a general education query please start your own thread.

Do not give the staffroom password to non-staff as it attracts the wrong sort of crowd.

Other requirements for staff room entry include the ability to find the staff room, the ability to find a clean mug in the staff room, knowledge of the photocopier codes, and the ability to sniff out where the booze is stashed - Thirsty Tuesdays, Fizz Fridays now in operation. Do not sit on the chairs and do wear a mask

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MrsHamlet · 10/04/2021 21:41

I love that you can text Geordie ex linguistic queries

GuyFawkesDay · 10/04/2021 21:43

I'm a NW lass in the Midlands. I top up my Lancastrian accent on visits back home!! Love accents. The Cumbrian one is one of my absolute favourites.

Mistressinthetulips · 10/04/2021 21:48

I'm from NI. I would not be able to distinguish the different English accents Smile My own has diluted due to years of living in a forrin country Grin

Timeturnerplease · 10/04/2021 22:03

It does rain a lot round here though

That’s why that pub always used to make me nervous when we visited my grandad - the one that gets cut off at high tide (not actually in Heysham). I used to watch the rain out of the window as a child, convinced it was going to be a Noah’s Ark situation.

TheHoneyBadger · 10/04/2021 22:06

@MrsHamlet

I love that you can text Geordie ex linguistic queries
Me too Smile I also had a long messenger chat with him after a bad break up a couple of years ago about things the guy had said about my character and he was all, nah that’s one of the things I loved about you etc. Really reassuring to have voices from the past and people who knew you well.

I’m in touch with a few ex’s like that. A couple I’d cross the road to avoid etc. Most recent ex from said split two years ago could put me off for life if there weren’t better examples

CallmeHendricks · 10/04/2021 22:07

I'm Home Counties posh, I'm afraid - at least, that's what I'm always being told. I grew up in a town well-known for being "disgusted" about things and I'm prone to say 'Crikey,' and 'Good Lord' a lot. Oh, and a fair few shits and fucks as well, which also surprises people as I'm probably too old for all that nonsense.

MrsHamlet · 10/04/2021 22:14

Has anyone ever been to Piel Island, off Barrow? The king of Piel is the licensee of the pub... but he's retired so they're looking for a new one!

TheHoneyBadger · 10/04/2021 22:21

Could it be my way out of teaching?

MrsHamlet · 10/04/2021 22:32

Perhaps! We went for a colleague's birthday once - the King himself collected us in his boat.

noblegiraffe · 10/04/2021 22:34

New plan: we set up a school on Piel Island and get free drinks from Queen Honey at lunch times and Fridays after school at the pub.

JanFebAnyMonth · 10/04/2021 22:36

mistress doesn’t have a Scots accent 🤯

JanFebAnyMonth · 10/04/2021 22:37

Sounds great noble

echt · 10/04/2021 22:39

I'm from the south-east of Lancashire and my late DH was a Geordie. This has sent me to my bookshelves and the amazing number of books on dialect, songs and old photos from both the north-east and my area.

Nithered is cold.

HercwasanEnemyofEducation · 10/04/2021 22:41

I like the plan noble. Queen honey I have fabulous bar staff skills if you have any jobs going?
Love the accent chat. I had a teacher who used to ask where his accent was from and no one could guess. He was most put out when I guessed Hexham and was correct first time. Quite a niche accent but I'd been on holiday there the week before.

MsAwesomeDragon · 10/04/2021 22:50

Ooh, I love Hexham herc. That's my accent!!!!!

I've just found out my drug dealer neighbour has just been sent to jail for 4 years. He had £40,000 of drugs and a machete in the kitchen cupboard!!!! ShockShockShock

MrsHamlet · 10/04/2021 22:55

Where else would one keep a machete, Honey?
My neighbours are very full. Thankfully.

MrsHamlet · 10/04/2021 22:55

Not honey, MrsAD

MsAwesomeDragon · 10/04/2021 22:58

Well I'm not quite sure where one would keep a machete, having never needed one. But I sort of assumed it wouldn't just be in a kitchen cupboard Confused

noblegiraffe · 10/04/2021 23:01

Machete? Kitchen junk drawer rather than a cupboard.

MsAwesomeDragon · 10/04/2021 23:10

Can I come and work in the pub though Queen honey? I think it might be wise to move away from my obviously dodgy area.

TheHoneyBadger · 10/04/2021 23:27

Blimey MsAD where do you live? Though I should think 40k of drugs is not all that much if eg. it's cocaine and their going by street value - 400g or so - smaller than a bag of sugar. The machete would take up more room though.

I think we'll have to timeshare the Monarchy. Could have a few princesses on rotation rather than a queen. Not too keen on being stuck in one place.

TheHoneyBadger · 10/04/2021 23:28

Actually I love being stuck in one place just not for too long. I always want to live back and forth between a couple of places but the trouble is UK is so damned expensive it's not easy to keep a home here.

MsAwesomeDragon · 11/04/2021 02:51

I live in a fairly bog standard Ex council semi in what I thought was a pretty nice area of town. I mean, it's cheap, but I've always thought it's a safe area. I was aware that these neighbours smoked weed, and I was aware that they seemed to have more money than I would expect for a couple in their early 20s. But I thought their money came from her backyard breeding of puppies, which is not nice for the puppies /dogs but not actually illegal. Apparently that's not their main source of income. She's had a group of friends round tonight, they've been drinking and being loud, which is why I'm awake at stupid o'Clock

motherrunner · 11/04/2021 06:28

I grew up in Sandwell which is between Birmingham and the Black Country so my accent is ‘softened Brummie’. DH Wolves born and bred. 11 years ago we were in California and stayed in a small hotel for part of the trip. The breakfast area was small so meant sharing tables. A man about our age asked with a New York accent ‘so you mind if we sit with you guys?’. Replied ‘no’ and he said ‘thanks, now where in Birmingham are you from?’. He had lived in NY for 10 years but was raised in Redditch and he said DH and I sounded like ‘home’.

motherrunner · 11/04/2021 06:32

@MsAwesomeDragon

Ooh, I love Hexham herc. That's my accent!!!!!

I've just found out my drug dealer neighbour has just been sent to jail for 4 years. He had £40,000 of drugs and a machete in the kitchen cupboard!!!! ShockShockShock

Two years ago there was a house fire on the next road to us. The hose had been ‘empty’ for years but it made the news as a) other neighbours broke in to rescue the old lady who lived in the adjoining semi and b) the reason the fire started was due to a malfunctioning heat lamp to grow all the weed that was in there. Every morning as I dropped DC at school they said ‘there’s the drugs house’. Had that for nearly a year til the house was rebuilt.